The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

A true friend will never stand in your allotted beam of light. They will get out of the way so you can grow, but they’ll stay nearby in case you need what they can offer.

Love yourself, love your uniqueness. You are the only person can be true to yourself.

When setbacks arise - and they will from time to time - regroup, recharge, refocus and refine.

We don’t have time, we just have a moment in time.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government.

But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.

I understand the importance of giving back, and that's something I definitely want to do.

People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?

Get a good jean, a good tee, a good whatever because you can just switch that stuff up and you have like 8,000 different outfits with a few things.